1902 - Kevin Barry, nationalist revolutionary and medical student, was born in Dublin.http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/wildirishhawaii/KBarry.htm

1916 - Secret negotiations resulted in alliance of the Irish Citizen Army with the Irish Republican Brotherhood.http://www.freewebs.com/irishrepublicanarmy/1916uprising.htm

1961 - John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as president of the United States of America, becoming the first Irish Catholic to be elected to that office.

1973 - A car bomb exploded in Sackville Place, Dublin, killing one person and injuring 17 others. The person killed was Thomas Douglas (25). The car used in the bombing had been hijacked at Agnes Street, Belfast. No organisation claimed responsibility but the bomb was believed to have been planted by one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations.http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/jan20.php

1974 - Desmond Mullan, a 33 year old civilian, was shot and killed while walking along Maple Gardens, Carrickfergus, County Antrim in a sectarian attack carried out by Loyalists.A UDR man was shot and killed by the IRA near Aughnacloy, County Tyrone.

1975 - Kevin Coen, a 28 year old IRA Volunteer, was shot and killed by British soldiers operating in unmarked cars during attempted hijacking of bus, Kinawley, County Fermanagh.

1981 - A British soldier was shot by an IRA sniper while in a British Army observation post overlooking the Bogside, Derry.Maurice Gilvarry, a member of the IRA, was found shot dead near Jonesborough, County Armagh. He had been killed based on the conclusion that he had acted as an informer.

1984 - A UDR man was shot and killed by the INLA in Dunmurry, near Belfast, County Antrim.

1987 - When John O'Reilly, chief of staff of the INLA, and Thomas "Ta" Power, an INLA staff officer, were shot dead by members of the IPLO in Drogheda, County Louth, a feud between the two organisations escalated into violence. The feud continued until 26 March 1987 with a final death toll of 11. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/One_Ireland/message/11224http://www.irsm.org/fallen/oreilly/http://www.irsm.org/fallen/power/ta_power.htmlThe case of the 'Birmingham Six' was referred to the Court of Appeal by Douglas Hurd, then British Home Secretary. http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/birmingham6/

1997 - A Catholic family escaped injury when a bomb exploded under their van in Larne. No group claimed responsibility but the incident was believed to be the work of the LVF. There was an attack on the Mountpottinger RUC station in Short Strand, Belfast. Two 'coffee jar bombs' were thrown at the station but there were no injuries. The attack was believed to have been carried out by the PIRA.

1793 - Louis XVI was executed in Paris; he was attended by an Irish priest, Fr. Edgeworth. Lord Edward FitzGerald was the only member of the Irish parliament not to appear in mourning following the execution.http://republican-news.org/archive/1998/May21/21hist.html

1876 - James Larkin, organizer of Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and socialist politician, was born in Liverpool.http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/dates.html#larkinhttp://www.iol.ie/arena/webpages/larkin/

1919- Daíl Éireann, chaired by Sean T. O’Kelly met for the very first time at Mansion House in Dublin.http://www.irelandsown.net/firstdail.html

1919 - Two members of Royal Irish Constabulary were shot dead by Irish Volunteers including Seán Treacy and Dan Breen in an ambush at Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. This is frequently regarded as the first incident in the 'War of Independence' (Anglo-Irish War).http://republican-news.org/archive/1999/January21/21hist.htmlhttp://www.searcs-web.com/breen.htmlhttp://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/forgten7.html

1975 - There was a series of bomb explosions in Belfast in attacks carried out by the IRA. Two IRA Volunteers, 26 year old John Kelly and 23 year old John Stone, were killed when a bomb they were transporting by car exploded in Victoria Street, Belfast. http://republican-news.org/archive/1998/January20/22ndil.html

1982 - Owen Carron and Danny Morrison, then both members of Sinn Féin, were arrested when they tried to illegally enter the United States from Canada. Both men were later deported back to Canada.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/aia/wilson95.htm#chap9

1997 - Former INLA Volunteer and IRSP member Hessy Phelan was murdered in New York City by an off-duty NYPD officer. Phelan had moved to New York to get away from the conflict in the North of Ireland.http://www.irsm.org/fallen/phelan/

1998 - Benedict Hughes, a 55 year old civilian, was shot dead in south Belfast by Loyalists. The attack was sectarian in nature.

2002 - As they moved into Commons offices, Gerry Adams vowed Provisional Sinn Féin MPs will never sit in the British parliament.

1973 - A 14 year old Catholic boy, Philip Rafferty,was abducted and killed by Loyalists in Belfast.A member of the UDA was shot and killed by an IRAVolunteer in Belfast.

1984 - Mark Marron, a 23 year old Catholic civilian,was shot dead by the British Army on Springfield Road,Belfast.

1992 - Charles Haughey announced his resignation asboth Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil. Haughey'sresignation followed the re-emergence of allegationsabout phone-tapping in 1982.

1996 - Gino Gallagher, Chief of Staff of the INLA andNational Organiser of the IRSP, was shot dead by in aSocial Security Office in the Falls Road, Belfast.This killing was to mark the beginning of another feudwithin the INLA which continued until 3 September1996.http://www.irsm.org/fallen/gallagher/http://www.morrigan.net/irsm/gallagher-oration.htm

You're right. It's June 20th, not Jan. 20th. In my defence, I was going from notes I took a couple of years ago, and I have found quite a few websites who have his birthday listed as January 20th, includinghttp://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/02Hist/1January3.htmlhttp://www.alphalink.com.au/~datatree/wolf%2024.htmhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9072860 figures http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/JanBirthdays.htmI imagine I took my notes based on bad info I got on the web - probably from IrishCultureAndCustoms.com. I'll make sure to correct it.

1815 - Daniel O'Connell, having killed Norcotd'Esterre in a duel fought on this date, repudiatesviolence.http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/oconnelldaniel.html

1878 - Thomas MacDonagh, patriot, poet, critic,scholar, signatory of the Proclamation of theRepublic, and 1916 martyr, is born in Cloughjordan,Co. Tipperary.http://www.geocities.com/thefoggydew1916/macdonag.htmhttp://www.pearsecom.com/Ireland/anniversaries/February%201st%2C%201878%20-%20Bi\rth%20Of%20Thomas%20MacDonagh.htm

1972 - The British Ministry of Defence issued adetailed account of the British Army's version ofevents during 'Bloody Sunday' which stated that:"Throughout the fighting that ensued, the Army firedonly at identified targets - at attacking gunmen andbombers. At all times the soldiers obeyed theirstanding instructions to fire only in self-defence orin defence of others threatened."British Prime Minister Edward Heath announced theappointment of Lord Widgery to undertake an inquiryinto the Bloody Sunday murders.An IRA sniper shot and killed a British soldier whilehe was leaving Hastings Street RUC/British Army base,Lower Falls, Belfast.Harold Wilson, then leader of the Labour Party, saidthat a United Ireland was the only solution to theconflict in the North.

1973 - Patrick Heenan (50), a Catholic civilian, waskilled when a grenade was tossed by the UFF (acovername used by the UDA) onto a bus.A British soldier was killed by an IRA sniper at aVehicle Check Point on Meeting House Street, Strabane,County Tyrone.

1991 - Gerry Adams described rumours of a possiblePIRA ceasefire as being "unfounded speculation".

1994 - The Ulster Volunteer Force carried out a bombattack on the home of a Catholic family in Portadown,County Armagh. An RUC officer was injured in theexplosion.There was an PIRA mortar attack on a British Armyobservation post at Cloghoge, County Armagh.

1972 - The funerals of 11 of the dead of 'BloodySunday' (30 January 1972) took place in the Cregganarea of Derry. Tens of thousands attended the funeralincluding clergy, politicians from North and South,and thousands of friends and neighbours. Throughoutthe rest of Ireland prayer services were held tocoincide with the time of the funerals. In Dublin over90 per cent of workers stopped work in respect ofthose who had died, and approximately 30,000 - 100,000people turned out to march to the British Embassy.They carried 13 coffins and black flags. Later a crowdattacked the Embassy with stones and bottles, thenpetrol bombs, and the building was burnt to theground.http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/1785/sw178515.htmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/2/newsid_2758000/27581\63.stmThomas McIllroy, an innocent civilian, was shot andkilled by a British Army sniper from Henry TaggartBritish Army base, while in Divismore Park,Ballymurphy, Belfast.

1973 - A UDR man was shot and killed by the IRA onOldpark Road, Belfast.Patrick Brady, a 28 year old civilian, was shot andkilled by Loyalists and left in an abandoned car onMaurice Street, off Springfield Road, Belfast.

1980 - William McAteer, a 40 year old civilian, wasshot and killed while walking along Rugby Avenue, offOrmeau Road, Belfast. The UVF were responsible for thesectarian murder.

1983 - INLA Volunteer Eugene McMonagle, 24, was shotand killed by an undercover member of the SAS in ashoot-to-kill operation in Leafair Park, Shantallow,Derry. He was unarmed.http://www.irsm.org/fallen/mcmonagle/http://www.teachnafailte.org/mcmonagle.htm(Thanks to Danielle for providing links - once again.)

1992 - Padraig O'Cleirigh, a 52 year old civilian, wasshot and killed in his home in Rosemount Gardens, offAntrim Road, Belfast. The sectarian murder wascommitted by the UFF, a covername used by the UDA.http://www.relativesforjustice.com/publications/costofaliving.htm

1993 - Eugene Martin, a 28 year old civilian, was shotdead by the UVF at his home in Ballyronan, CountyDerry.Two incendiary bombs were planted outside the homes oftwo SDLP councillors. The Ulster Defence Associationwas responsible for the attacks.

2001 - Components for 11 pipe-bombs were uncovered inLarne, County Antrim, following a search of derelicthouses in the predominantly Protestant Antivilleestate. The discovery was described as a"manufacturing base" in the town that was the scene ofnumerous sectarian attacks in previous months.

1775 - Birth of Robert Emmett, Irish patriot,revolutionary, and martyr. Emmet, a member of theUnited Irishmen, led the 1803 rebellion. On 19 Sept.,in Dublin, he was tried for treason and was hanged andbeheaded the following day. His speech from the dockis one of the best-known and most stirring ever made.http://www.robertemmet.org/http://www.emmet1798.net/http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/emmetstatue.htm - I love this story.

1868 - Birth of Irish patriot and revolutionary,Countess Constance Markievicz, née Gore-Booth.Markievicz was the founder of the nationalist scoutingmovement Na Fianna Éireann (in 1909), a Sinn Féinmember, and the first woman elected (in 191 to theHouse of Commons where, following Sinn Féin'sabstentionist principle, she refused to take her seat.http://www.fiannaeireann.com/pages/1909.htmhttp://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/ireland.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/pettigolass/countess.html

1973 - The body of John Boyd, a 33 year old civilian,was found shot by the side of Connswater River, offSevern Street, Belfast. The murder was committed byLoyalists.Seamus Gilmore, and 18 year old civilian, was shot athis workplace, Mount Pleasant Filling Station, onBallysillan Road, Belfast. The attack was sectarian innature and carried out by the UVF.

1974 - The Irish Republican Army planted a time-bomb(estimated at between 20 and 25 pounds) on a coachcarrying British soldiers. The bomb exploded shortlyafter midnight as the coach travelled along the M62 inEngland. Eight British soldiers, and unfortunatelythree civilians, were killed at the scene. A ninthsoldier died a few days later. Judith Ward was laterconvicted of causing the explosion and given asentence of 30 years. It wasn't until 1992 that herconvictions were quashed and she was released.

1977 - The police in England uncover an IRA 'bombfactory' in Liverpool.

1992 - An off-duty RUC officer, Allen Moore, walkedinto the Falls Road office of Provisional Sinn Féinand shot dead three Catholic civilians. Moore droveaway from the scene and later shot himself. Two ofthose killed were PSF members Paddy Loughran, 61, andPat McBride, 40. the third was 24 year old MichaelO'Dwyer.http://republican-news.org/archive/2003/February06/06seva.htmlhttp://republican-news.org/archive/1999/September30/30patt.html

In addition to the links provided above, sourcesinclude:http://www.fiannaeireann.com./http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/http://www.thewildgeese.com/http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/http://www.RobertEmmet.org/

On Friday, February 6th, 1981, the IRA, after promises to hinder British ship movement off the Irish coast, bombed and sank a British coal boat: the Nellie M. The thousand pound merchant vessel was located in Lough Foyle, between the coasts of Co. Derry and Donegal.

A dozen armed IRA Volunteers arrived at the docks in the fishing village of Moville and comandeered a pilot boat. The man in the pilot house was instructed to take seven of the volunteers with tons of explosives out to the coal boat, while the other five kept guard back on the docks.

Once aboard the Nellie M, the IRA instructed the chief engineer of the ship that they were not fooling around. Knowing the situation was serious, the man agreed to cooperate and went down to the crew quarters to inform the sailors of the situation. The captain would later comment on the professionalism and understanding of the Volunteers.

Three Volunteers took to planting bombs while the remaining four kept watch on the crew. Bombs were planted in pre-planned points in the engine room. The crew were then instructed to don lifejackets and board the Nellie M's life boat. The Volunteers attached a rope to the life boat and towed it using the commandeered pilot boat. When they were near shore, the life boat was set loose. Around this time, the explosions on the ship rocked the water.

Fires broke out on the deck of the ship, and they could be seen for miles around up and down the Donegal coast of Lough Foyle. The second blast was set for a few hours later, and went off as planned, finally bring water into the ship. By morning, the back half of the ship was submerged. Left on the boat was a warning that future merchant ships would meet the same fate, though towards the crews there was no malice.

The Nellie M was valued at 3 million pounds while its cargo of coal constituted another million sterling. The outrage amongst Brits and Free Staters was immediate and the suggestion of armed guards on shipments from the "North" to Britain was exactly the effect the IRA hope for. It was another step in breaking the British policy of "normalisation."

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. - Malcolm X

The IRA made an attempt to take out the entire British War Cabinet in February 7th, 1991. With a salvo of improvised mortar bombs fired from a lorry, the Provisional IRA nearly took out the most important and high profile members of the British government in a single attack. This attacks' potential directly matches that of the Brighton bombing nearly 7 years earlier. It was daring and well-planned but fell upon bad luck.

Two of the three mortars fired came dangerously close to striking their target. One mortar hit a tree right in front of the building. Had this tree not been in the way, the mortar would have scored a direct hit on the government building. The second mortar struck the back garden of 10 Downing St. leaving a 2 metre crater and spraying shards of window glass onto the Cabinet members. The mortars were apparently miscalibrated by less than 10 degrees.

Training in mortar calibration and construction, and other related things needs to be elaborated upon. This took months to acheive acceptable levels of expertise for the active service unit. Therefore, the planning for the operation pre-dated both John Major's stint in office and the first Gulf War.

The Provisional IRA statement regarding the attack included the following: "Whether the Gulf War goes on for weeks or years, let the British government understand that, while nationalist people in the Six Counties are forced to live under British rule, the British cabinet will be forced to meet in bunkers."

The Provos had missed wiping out the entire British governmental elite by less then 15 metres. The headlines of the brilliant attempt dominated the news for the week. This attack helped to seal the thoughts in the minds of many British politicians that they would eventually have to deal with the Provos at the negotiating table.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. - Malcolm X

1975 - Two Catholic civilians, Kevin Ballantine andGerard Kiely, both aged 19, were shot dead by Loyalistparamilitaries as they left St Brigit's CatholicChurch, Malone, Belfast.The Irish Republican Army announced that it wasreinstating its ceasefire for an indefinite period asof 6pm on 10 February 1975.

1976 - Two Protestant civilians, Archibald Hanna andRaymond Carlisle, were shot dead by the UlsterVolunteer Force in the Shankill area of Belfast. Itwas believed that the two men were mistaken forCatholics.

1989 - Anthony Fusco, a civilian, was shot on WestStreet, Smithfield, Belfast while walking to work. Thesectarian attack was carried out by the UVF.

1993 - A British soldier was killed by the PIRA when aremote controlled bomb hidden in wall detonated when aBritish Army foot patrol passed on Cathedral Road,Armagh.

1994 - Amnesty International published a report whichclaimed that there was "mounting evidence" ofcollusion between the security forces and Loyalistparamilitaries. The RUC said that the claims were"utter nonsense".http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/united_kingdom/document.do?id=BC02DED98184FE\BB802569A60060440A

1996 - The Provos exploded a large bomb at South Quayin the Docklands area of London. The lorry bomb killedtwo people, injured many more, caused millions ofpounds worth of damage, and marked the end of the IRAceasefire after 17 months and 9 days. A statement hadbeen issued by the IRA one hour before the explosionoccurred at 7.01pm:http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/ira9296.htm

1972 - IRA Volunteer Joseph Cunningham, 26, was killedby the RUC during a gun battle on O'Neill's Road,Newtownabbey, County Antrim.http://www.relativesforjustice.com/victims/victims_state_a_e.htmTwo British soldiers were killed in an IRA landmineattack on a British Army mobile patrol in Cullyhanna,County Armagh.

1973 - Two Irish Republican Army Volunteers, 17 yearold Vivienne Fitzsimmons and 23 year old LeonardO'Hanlon, were killed in a premature explosion nearStrangford, County Down.

1975 - Two Catholic civilians, Arthur Mulholland andEugene Doyle, were shot dead by Loyalistparamilitaries in a gun attack on Hayden's Bar, nearPomeroy, County Tyrone. The attack has been claimed byformer RUC reservist and Loyalist James Mitchell fromthe Markethill area of South Armagh. Mitchell is asuspect in countless sectarian attacks, mostly carriedout in pubs, and is also a suspect in the Dublin andMonaghan bombings.http://www.burnsmoley.com/pages/collusion/barron.phphttp://www.seeingred.com/Copy/2.1_CODE_weiraff.htmlThe renewed IRA ceasefire began, lasting until 23January 1976.

1977 - IRA Volunteers Martin O'Connell, Edward Butler,Harry Duggan and Hugh Doherty, who were captured atthe end of the Balcombe Street siege in London(beginning on 6 December 1975 and ending six dayslater) were convicted of six murders.http://www.searcs-web.com/oconn9.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12/newsid_2546000/2546\477.stm

1980 - Nine year old Hugh Maguire was killed duringstreet fighting on the Springfield Road, Belfast,between nationalists and the British Army.

1981 - A UDR man was shot and killed by the IRA inDerry.

1992 - The British government sent an extra battalionof British Army troops to the Occupied Six Counties.

1994 - Dominic McGlinchey, former Chief of Staff ofthe INLA, was shot dead by three unknown gunmen whileat public telephone kiosk, Hardmans Gardens, Drogheda.No one has claimed responsibility to date. McGlincheyhad previously been the target of a UVF assassinationattempt.http://www.irsm.org/fallen/mcglinchey/dominic.htmlhttp://www.irsm.org/fallen/mcglinchey/page2.htmlhttp://www.irelandsown.net/mcglinchey.html

1997 - The PIRA left a large bomb on the outskirts ofStrabane, County Tyrone. The bomb was defused by theBritish Army.

1998 - It was feared that a new wave of tit-for-tatsectarian terror would hit the North after the murderof Robert Dougan, a leading member of the UDA, outsideBalmoral textile company near Belfast.Allegations that PIRA members were behind the murderof top Belfast drugs dealer Brendan Campbell causedfear in the Provisional Movement that it could lead toPSF's expulsion from the Stormont talks.http://republican-news.org/archive/1998/August13/13edit.htmlhttp://www.nuzhound.com/articles/mal2-15.htmSuspected LVF leader, Mark "Swinger" Fulton, surviveda murder attempt in Portadown, Co. Armagh. Fultonblamed the UVF for the attack. This claim was deniedby David Ervine, leader of the PUP.http://www.serve.com/pfc/brown/040119in.htmlhttp://republican-news.org/archive/2002/June13/13pola.html

2001 - There was a pipe-bomb attack on a Catholic homein Derry. A couple and their two nieces, aged five andthree, escaped injury when the device was thrownthrough the kitchen window of their home in theWaterside area. It exploded, causing minor damage tothe house. The attack was carried out by Loyalistparamilitaries.

2002 - Pupils from the Holy Cross Girls' PrimarySchool in Ardoyne, north Belfast, travelled to CountyGalway to begin a holiday as guests of Pea*Expletive Deleted*'sHotel. The management of the hotel had made the offerof the holiday following incidents during 2001 whenthe schoolgirls were terrorised by Loyalist thugs.http://www.keltiad.net/holy_cross.html

2003 - A Republican bomb attack on Stewartstown PSNIStation in Enniskillen, Co. Tyrone caused minorinjuries to six PSNI officers. The Continuity IRAclaimed responsibility. The CIRA warned it wouldcontinue to target police and British soldiers andadvised civilians to stay clear of them.http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0211/north.htmlhttp://www.iol.ie/~saoirse/current/10.html

Sources include:http://www.iol.ie/~saoirse/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/http://www.thewildgeese.com/http://www.anphoblacht.com/http://www.relativesforjustice.com/index.htmlhttp://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/amongst others.If anyone notices any mistakes or significantomissions in any of these, or has any recommendationsas to sources that would be useful in putting thesetogether, please let me know.Thanks.

1848 - John Mitchel published the first issue of"United Irishman".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mitchelhttp://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/people/whoswho/mitchel.shtm

1974 - The IRA exploded a bomb at the National DefenceCollege at Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England. The bomb(estimated at 20 pounds) killed none but injured 10people.

Peter Carty, a 57 year old civilian, was murdered bythe UDA at his workplace, Balmoral Service Station, onLisburn Road, Belfast. The killing was sectarian innature.

1976 - IRA Volunteer Frank Stagg died after 62 days onhunger strike in Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire, England.Stagg, who served with distinction in both the War ofIndependence and the Civil War, was arrested inCoventry in 1973 and given a 10 year sentence. InMarch 1974, while in Parkhurst Prison, he and MichaelGaughan joined the hunger strike begun by the Pricesisters, Hugh Feeney and Gerry Kelly demandingrepatriation to Ireland. All suffered the horrificordeal of forced feeding. Stagg continued for 70 days.Gaugham died as a result of force feeding. AfterGaugan's death, the other hunger strikers werepromised transfers to Irish prisons. The Britishreneged on the promise. At the end of 1975, Staggbegan his fourth hunger strike in two years. He passedaway after 62 days. His final wish was “to be buriednext to my Republican colleagues and my comrade,Michael Gaughan.” Following Stagg’s death, the Britishsecurity forces hijacked his body and buried him inBallina cemetary, covering the hasty burial over withconcrete and placing a 24-hour guard to prevent hisfamily and his comrades from retrieving his body. Ninemonths later, a party of Republicans tunneled into theconcrete under cover of darkness and at last broughthim home to rest, as he had wished, amongst hiscomrades, and beside his fellow hunger striker,Michael Gaughan. http://irelandsown.net/stagg.htmlhttp://www.inac.org/irishpows/hungerstrikes/chapter12.htmlhttp://ireland.yi.org/Frank_Stagg.html

Fian James O'Neill died from burns received during an arson attack on a furniture warehouse on Antrim Road, New Lodge, Belfast.

An RUC man was shot and killed by the IRA while onfoot patrol in Claudy, County Derry.

1977 - An RUC man was shot and killed by the IRA inCloughmills, County Antrim.

1989 - Patrick Finucane was shot dead by members ofthe UFF (a cover name used by the UDA). Finucane was aBelfast solicitor who had represented a number ofRepublicans, including Bobby Sands (and some Loyalistsas well). He was killed at his home on FortwilliamDrive, off Antrim Road, Belfast, in front of hisfamily. The shooting followed comments made (on 17January 1989) by Douglas Hogg, then a British HomeOffice Minister, about a "number of solicitors inNorthern Ireland who are unduly sympathetic to thecause of the IRA". The murder was the result ofcollusion between Loyalist paramilitaries and thesecurity forces. On 17 April 1999 John Stevens, thendeputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police,returned to the Six Counties to launch a third Inquiryspecifically into the killing of Finucane. He alsobegan to investigate allegations raised by campaigngroup British-Irish Rights Watch and the UnitedNations. Stevens' third report was presented to thePSNI on 17 April 2003. The report concluded that therehad been collusion in the killing of Finucane betweenmembers of the security forces, especially the ForceResearch Unit (FRU), and Loyalists. In 2004. LoyalistKen Barrett was charged with Finucane's murder.http://www.serve.com/pfc/#murderpfhttp://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15935.shtmlhttp://www.birw.org/justice.html

1997 - The PIRA shot dead a British soldier at an Armycheckpoint in Bessbrook, County Armagh. StephenRestorick is, to date, the last British soldier tohave been killed in action in the North.

2002 - The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, a groupbased in America, published a report in to the killingof Pat Finucane. The report was entitled: 'BeyondCollusion: The UK Security Forces and the Murder ofPat Finucane''. The report repeated earlierallegations of collusion between security forces andLoyalist paramilitary groups and also claimed to havefound new evidence to support the claims.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/police/docs/lchr130202.pdf

2003 - Belfast city centre was hit by bomb scares thatstarted around 5pm; traffic was also hit and RoyalAvenue was closed for a time. It was unclear whocarried out the hoax calls. No claim of responsibilitywas been made.

According to a statement which appeared in the BelfastIrish News, the Continuity IRA said they wereresponsible for the attack on the Stewartstown PSNIstation in Enniskillen. The statement said that suchattacks would continue and that district councilsshould not provide services to British police and armybases. It also said that threats from Free Stateministers would not “deter us from our objective,which remains the removal of the British”.

1794 - Birth near Clogher, Co. Tyrone of WilliamCarleton, one of the most graphic writers about theGreat Hunger (An Gorta Mór). He is best known for his"Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry".

1973 - Two members of the British Army were shot deadby IRA snipers in an attack on a British Army mobilepatrol on Cupar Street, Belfast.

1975 - Hugh Ferguson, 19, chairman of the WhiterockIRSP and INLA Volunteer, was shot in Ballymurphy,Belfast by the OIRA. This incident kicked off a seriesof attacks by OIRA on the newly-formed IrishRepublican Socialist Movement.http://www.irsm.org/fallen/ferguson/http://www.teachnafailte.org/hughx2.htm

1979 - A group of 11 Loyalists known as the 'Shankillbutchers' were sentenced to life imprisonment for 112offences including 19 murders. The 11 men were given42 life sentences and received 2,000 yearsimprisonment in total, in the form of concurrentsentences. The Shankill Butchers had begun killingCatholics in July 1972 and were not arrested until May1977. The sectarian Loyalist gang operated out of anumber of Ulster Volunteer Force drinking dens in theShankill Road area of Belfast. The gang was initiallyled by Lenny Murphy but it continued to operatefollowing his imprisonment in 1976. The ShankillButchers got their name because not only did they killCatholics but they first abducted many of theirvictims, tortured them, mutilated them with butcherknives and axes, and then finally killed them.http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists%5Fspies/terrorists/shankill%5Fbutchers/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankill_Butchers

1983 - An RUC man was shot and killed by the IRAoutside Warrenpoint RUC base in County Down.

1989 - The PIRA exploded three bombs at the BritishArmy barracks at Tern Hill, Shropshire, England. Asentry spotted two men acting suspicious and thebarracks was evacuated shortly before the bombsdetonated. The Volunteers fled amid gunfire from thesentry, stole a car, and escaped.http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/media/video/otdvideo/89/02/20/8647_20-02-89?size=4x3&bgc=6699CC&nbram=1&nbram=1&bbram=1&news=1

1998 - The (Continuity) Irish Republican Army explodeda large car bomb, estimated at 500 pounds, outside theRUC station in the centre of Moira, County Down.Eleven people, mostly RUC officers, received slightinjuries in the explosion.

1852 - Death of Thomas Moore, popular poet and editorof Irish Melodies.http://www.poemhunter.com/thomas-moore/poet-6666

1891 - Edward "Ned" Daly, one of the leaders of theEaster Rising, was born in Limerick.http://indigo.ie/~1916/pic_ed_daly.htmlhttp://irelandsown.net/daly2.html

1928 - Death of William O�Brien, architect of agrarianland reform.http://www.searcs-web.com/obrien2.html

1972 - There was an attempted assassination of JohnTaylor, then "Minister of State for Home Affairs", whowas shot a number of times. The OIRA later claimedresponsibility.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1144830.stm

1975 - Sean Fox, an OIRA Volunteer, was shot andkilled by the People's Liberation Army (an umbrellagroup of INLA and PIRA Volunteers who joined to defendthe IRSM against OIRA attacks) while walking alongCullingtree Row in Divis Flats, Belfast.

David McConkey, a civilian, was shot and killed at hisworkplace, Fisher Metal Fabrications, on Boucher Roadin Belfast. The sectarian murder was committed byLoyalists.

1978 - Gerry Adams, then Vice-President of Sinn F�in,was charged with membership of the IRA. On 6 September1978 Adams was freed when the Judge hearing the caseruled that there was insufficient evidence to provethe charges.

1983 - A UDA man was shot and killed by the IRA inBallygawley, County Tyrone.

1991 - An announcement by the Director of PublicProsecution, Alan Green, says the convictions of theBirmingham Six can no longer be considered safe andsatisfactory. Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, GerardHunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and JohnWalker were all jailed in 1975 for an IRA attack ontwo pubs in Birmingham in November 1974.http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/birmingham6/

1993 - An RUC man was shot and killed by a PIRA sniperwhile on British Army/ RUC foot patrol onCastleblayney Road in Crossmaglen, County Armagh.

1884 - Birth in Kiltycolgher, Co. Leitrim of SeánMacDiarmada, revolutionary, key figure in the IrishRepublican Brotherhood, founding member of the IrishVolunteers, and signatory of the Proclamation of theRepublic.http://indigo.ie/~1916/pic_mcdiarm.htmlhttp://www.pearsecom.com/Ireland/anniversaries/February%2028th%201884%20birth%20anniversary%20of%20Sean%20Mac%20Diarmada.htm

1971 - A British soldier was killed in the Bogsidewhen his Armoured Personnel Carrier came under petrolbomb attack. He died from inhaling fumes from a fireextinguisher.

1973 - 12 year old Kevin Heatley was shot and killedby British soldiers near his home in Derrybeg, Newry,County Down.http://www.relativesforjustice.com/victims/kevin_heatley.htm

A British soldier was shot and killed by the IRA whileon foot patrol on the Crumlin Road in Ardoyne,Belfast.

1974 - Hugh Harvey, a 33 year old civilian, was killedin a UVF bomb attack on Red Star Bar in Donegall Quay,Belfast.

1976 - Harold Blair, an electricity meter reader, waskilled when he accidentally tripped a booby-trap bombleft in a derelict house in Stranmillis, Belfast.

1978 - An RUC man was shot and killed during an IRAsniper attack on RUC mobile patrol at the junction ofClarendon Street and Francis Street in Rosemount,Derry.

1985 - The Irish Republican Army carried out an attackwith homemade mortars on the Royal Ulster Constabularystation in Newry, County Down, killing nine RUCofficers. This incident represented the greatest lossof life for the RUC in a single incident. The numberof deaths was high because most of those killed wereinside temporary dwellings within the RUC base.

A UDR man was killed in Pomeroy, County Tyrone by anIRA remote controlled bomb planted on a telegraph poleand detonated as an Ulster Defense Regiment foorpatrol passed.

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1972 - A UDR man was shot and killed by the IRA inLurgan, Country Armagh.

1980 - Brendan McLaughlin, a 32 year old civilian, wasshot and killed by the UVF as McLaughlin was walkingalong Clonard Street in the Lower Falls, Belfast. SinnFéin councillor Joe Austin was the intended target.

1988 - PIRA Volunteers Brendan Burns and BrendanMoley, often referred to as the Two Brendans, werekilled when a bomb they were loading into a vanexploded prematurely in Creggan, near Crossmaglen,County Armagh.http://irelandsown.net/procession.htmhttp://rebelchords.tripod.com/songs1969-present/TwoBrendans.htm

1973 - A car bomb exploded in Sackville Place, Dublin, killing one person and injuring 17 others. The person killed was Thomas Douglas (25). The car used in the bombing had been hijacked at Agnes Street, Belfast. No organisation claimed responsibility but the bomb was believed to have been planted by one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations. http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/jan20.php

why was that day called the dublin and monagahan boming's?

because somthing happened in monaghan... i don't know the facts, what happened there?

1973 - A car bomb exploded in Sackville Place, Dublin, killing one person and injuring 17 others. The person killed was Thomas Douglas (25). The car used in the bombing had been hijacked at Agnes Street, Belfast. No organisation claimed responsibility but the bomb was believed to have been planted by one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations. http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/jan20.php

why was that day called the dublin and monagahan boming's?

because somthing happened in monaghan... i don't know the facts, what happened there?

A bomb was detonated at the exact same time in Co.Monaghan.

For more info: www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org

"Our freedom must be had at all hazards.If the men of property will not help us they must fall;we will free ourselves by the aid of that large and respectable class of the community-the men of no property"-Theobald Wolfe Tone

1973 - A car bomb exploded in Sackville Place, Dublin, killing one person and injuring 17 others. The person killed was Thomas Douglas (25). The car used in the bombing had been hijacked at Agnes Street, Belfast. No organisation claimed responsibility but the bomb was believed to have been planted by one of the Loyalist paramilitary organisations. http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/jan20.php

why was that day called the dublin and monagahan boming's?

because somthing happened in monaghan... i don't know the facts, what happened there?

That day isn't called this. That is just the website address for a related article. The date of the simultaneous Dublin-Monaghan bombings is May 17, 1974. Four bombs were detonated in the two cities and 33 people were killed, including a pregnant woman (so 34?). About 258 other people were injured. Despite the frequent claim that Omagh is the deadliest day of "the Troubles", it is actually this day.

"Someone planted the bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in 1972-74 and for both general and specific purpose. The chosen candidates have always been the loyalist paramilitaries, even if some wistfully hoped the IRA might have been responsible, at least for the December 1972 explosions. And in the case of May 1974 the specific involvement of the mid-Ulster UVF can be taken as actual, though not a matter of law. Far more interesting has been the almost universal assumption of most actors and nearly all observers in Ireland that the British in some manner were involved, certainly in 1972 and almost certainly in 1974, whether directly or indirectly, by rogue elements in the field or through special groups operating independently of higher command. The very fact that neither the RUC nor the British army undertook serious investigation is an indicator that the possibility was quite real north of the border, within the security establishment as well as in the Republic." - J. Bowyer Bell, from In Dubious Battle: The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1972-1974. Dublin: Poolbeg Press Ltd. [pp.157-158]

John Tierney has a book out that he adveritised in the Irish Times.He's not allowed sell it nation wide because of allegations he makes in it about certain people.if you ring him up,he'll post a copy out to you.

"Our freedom must be had at all hazards.If the men of property will not help us they must fall;we will free ourselves by the aid of that large and respectable class of the community-the men of no property"-Theobald Wolfe Tone

"Greater Love Than This Hath No Man, Than that he LayDown His Life for his Friend". - Gospel According toJohn, Chapter 15, Verse 13

On March 1st, 1981, Bobby Sands began what would be a66 day Hunger Strike to the death in his fight forIrish freedom and for Political Status from IPOWs.Nine other IRA and INLA Volunteers were to followbefore the 1981 Hunger Strike ended.